The scream of a V10-powered Formula 1 car has reverberated around Adelaide with the spectacular arrival of a Jaguar R2 into the city ahead of its appearance at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival on March 8 and 9.
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The Jaguar R2 took to Adelaide’s city streets on Monday evening to promote the upcoming Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
The Jaguar makes it first appearance at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival in 2025. In the iconic British racing green colours, the Jaguar will be one of the cars to watch across the Formula 1 sessions. It’s powered by a three-litre V10 naturally-aspirated Cosworth engine, producing over 800BHP at 18,000RPM.
The Jaguar R2 that will be appearing at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival was raced by Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa in Hungary, Belgium, Italy, America and Japan during the 2001 Formula 1 season, with a best result of fifth place in Italy.
When Ford withdrew its support for the Jaguar team at the end of the 2004 season, Austrian energy drink company Red Bull purchased the team. Red Bull Racing went on to become the dominant force in the modern era of Formula 1, winning multiple championships with Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen and multiple grand prix wins with Australians Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo. Red Bull Racing is still based in the same factory that once housed Jaguar, located in Milton Keynes in England.
The R2 will be driven by New Zealander Andy Higgins at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival. A Formula 5000 and Formula Ford champion in New Zealand, Higgins is a regular at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival and previously drove the Leyton House CG891 Judd Formula 1 car at the event.
The 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival will once again feature various categories, ranging from Formula 1 cars, V8 Supercars, sportscars, touring cars, motorbikes and more with the action non-stop without a break in track activity at any stage of the day. Off track there will be car displays, kids' zones, bars and food trucks, exhibitors and traders, activations and more, in a picnic in the park setting.
Tickets are on sale now with weekend tickets and single-day tickets available, in addition to tickets to the Toyota Gazoo Racing Garden and Pagani VIP Suite hospitality offerings.